#48A28E#48A28E

#48A28E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.092 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A28E
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 142)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -31.88, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 31.96, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0915 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.092 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4731, 29.1694, 30.1373)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A28E #A2485C

analogous

#48A261 #48A28E #4889A2

triadic

#48A28E #8E48A2 #A28E48

tetradic

#48A28E #6148A2 #A2485C #89A248

square

#48A28E #6148A2 #A2485C #89A248

split-complementary

#48A28E #A24889 #A26148

monochromatic

#224D44 #357869 #48A28E #6ABDAB #95D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#48A28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#48A28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A28E

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A28E	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.092 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83beaf',
    500: '#48a28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a28e;
$custom-light: #83beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A28E

secondary

#BC8A95

accent

#5973CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A28E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →